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Friday Clash Between San Jose Sharks And Vancouver Canucks
The San Jose Sharks got badly outplayed in the third period en route to a Vancouver 7-3 victory after hanging with the Vancouver Canucks for much of game two in the Western Conference Finals.
In NHL Betting lines for Game 3 on Friday the Sharks are a -130 moneyline favorite and the over/under is 5.5.
As Vancouver scored two power play goals to open up a 5-2 advantage in the first half of the period and never looked back, adding two more goals to put up seven totals for the game, Untimely penalties and poor discipline led to San Jose’s demise in the third period.
Game two was a different story for the first two periods while San Jose was badly outplayed in game one of this best of seven series. Although it was erased several minutes later when Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks with the man advantage, San Jose actually took the early lead on a Logan Couture power play goal. Even though this was when the wheels would fall off for San Jose, heading into the third period the Sharks only trailed Vancouver by one goal.
To see if the Sharks can protect home ice and even the series up now the series heads back to San Jose, who plays in one of the loudest arenas in the league. The Sharks are 4-3 at HP Pavilion during the playoffs. After this weekend, undoubtedly San Jose and their fans hope that record climbs to 6-3. The Sharks will more than likely be looking at a series sweep or being down three games to one heading back to Vancouver for game five, however if San Jose does not do a better job of controlling the Sedin twins, who combined to tally five points last night.
Saturday Clash Between San Jose Sharks And Boston Bruins
NHL fans will be treated to contents of two of the better teams in the entire league when the San Jose Sharks travel to Boston to take on the Bruins Saturday night with the NHL getting back into high gear after the All-Star game.
For this matchup hockey odds are not yet available.
The Sharks still figure to be one of the favorites to win the Western Conference come playoff time, but San Jose is struggling in the standings right now.
Boston leads Montreal by only four points in the standings as they are currently third in the Eastern Conference. Boston continues to rely on one of the best goal tending tandems in the league to win games on a nightly basis in spite of a mediocre power play that currently sits at 16th in the league. As the Bruins average 3.0 goals per game, the offense is doing pretty well also.
The San Jose Sharks have been a bit of a disappointment so far this season after making it to the Western Conference finals last year. In the first half of the season, Struggling to find any consistency on offense and defense has really slowed the down the Sharks. San Jose will need to get things going in a hurry especially since they are tied for 8th place in the West with two other teams if they want to make another deep playoff run.
Tagged Boston Bruins, hockey odds, NHL getting, San Jose Sharks
NHL Playoffs – Preview – Game 2 – Red Wings vs. Sharks
In San Jose, on Thursday night, Pavelski led the San Jose Sharks to victory over the Detroit Red Wings in the first game of their second round series. Over the Red Wings, Pavelski scored three goals and San Jose was held on for a 4-3 victory.
For the Sharks in the first period, Pavelski scored a goal, as did Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi.
Within a span of seventy-nine seconds, three goals were scored. In one minute nineteen seconds, the three goals were the fastest in Sharks playoff history. Detroit made the score 3-2 but in the third period Pavelski scored his second goal, a five on three power play goal, and the Sharks would prevail 4-3. Brian Rafalski, Johan Franzen and Dan Cleary scored for the Red Wings.
On Sunday night, the second game is also in San Jose. Son Jose played without Patrick Marleau, their regular season leading scorer. He is still listed as day to day and was scratched because of an illness. If San Jose wants to finally advance past the second round, Patrick Marleau must get healthy. Sharks must produce as he plays on their top line.
Because of their playoff experience, some still consider Detroit the favorites. The San Jose Sharks, who have yet to make it past the second round, are considered playoff underachievers. If Detroit wants to win the series, they must improve their power play. On the power play, the Sharks were able to hold them 0 for 5.
Tagged Detroit Red Wings, NHL, San Jose Sharks